Man United (A) | Pre-Match Thread

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Referee Bio​

Chris Kavanagh became a Select Group 1 referee for the 2017/18 season after working his way up the football pyramid.

The Manchester-born referee started officiating in 1998 as a 13-year-old, plying his trade in local football, before being promoted to take charge of matches in the National League in 2012.

Kavanagh refereed in the Football League regularly from the 2014/15 season and in 2016/17 he was the man in the middle on 27 occassions for the EFL Championship campaign.

Prior to his promotion to Select Group 1 status, Kavanagh made his Premier League debut in April 2017 as West Bromwich Albion lost to Southampton 1-0 at The Hawthorns, while he has been fourth official in the top flight on a number of occasions.

Kavanagh was also the fourth official for the League One Play-off Final between Scunthorpe United and Millwall at Wembley at the end of the 2016/17 season.

The family that sit in front of me at the Etihad know him very well and I think he is a sound person from what they say. I would like these refereeing biopics to state which team they support, surely that is not asking too much?

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

Worst is Tierney on VAR.

 

[Kippax77]

I think that this one is almost a must win if we are going to challenge for the PL this season. If we win we are within touching distance of the top. If we turn up we are capable of beating anyone but I'm not overly confident for this game unless we are clinical with our chances.

Hopefully the rags will lose tonight, not progress in the CL and be demoralised for our game!

Unfortunately i can see them winning tonight.
Leipzig were involved in a cracking match against bayern on saturday.
they throw the lead away a couple of times as well.
The last 20 mins though they looked knackered and a little deflated, so i worry if their energy levels will be there for a full 90 mins tonight against the rags and UEFA

 

[Ric]

Happy enough with that appointment. Was worried it'd be someone like Michael Oliver. Think it's odd when they pick a Manchester born official to ref a derby, but guess there's precedent there with Taylor.

 

[Deleted member 81382]

On a side note: please do suggest if you guys find these useful and if any more info should be added to these Pre-Match and Ref Appointments etc. ... I aim to start these threads as Ref Appointments while other games are pending ahead (like Marseille one this time) and then perhaps rename these to Pre-Match Threads and add the poll after the next game is done, as even though they start with Refs discussion, they all inevitably turn into Pre-Match discussions anyway.


EDIT: Ooops, just seen the other Pre-Match thread already going (how come that before the other game? because I have been told off for that in the past) ... anyway, mods, please merge this with that one I guess.

Sorry mate that's my fault, I forgot you had been doing these. If you want to carry on doing them from now on that'd be great as they're very useful.

 

[mat]

He is a Mancunian, but who does he support.

Allegedly a Dipper.

It's a compliment from PiGMOL he's been picked for this.

Pawson 4th official, and Tierney in VAR don't fill me with confidence.

 

[Blu3m00n91]

Ederson; Walker Stones Dias Cancelo; Rodri Fernandinho; Sterling De Bruyne Bernardo; Jesus

 

[supersonicblue]

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Referee Bio​

Chris Kavanagh became a Select Group 1 referee for the 2017/18 season after working his way up the football pyramid.

The Manchester-born referee started officiating in 1998 as a 13-year-old, plying his trade in local football, before being promoted to take charge of matches in the National League in 2012.

Kavanagh refereed in the Football League regularly from the 2014/15 season and in 2016/17 he was the man in the middle on 27 occassions for the EFL Championship campaign.

Prior to his promotion to Select Group 1 status, Kavanagh made his Premier League debut in April 2017 as West Bromwich Albion lost to Southampton 1-0 at The Hawthorns, while he has been fourth official in the top flight on a number of occasions.

Kavanagh was also the fourth official for the League One Play-off Final between Scunthorpe United and Millwall at Wembley at the end of the 2016/17 season.

Another Alty fan then?

 

[OccupiedPalestineBlues]

The family that sit in front of me at the Etihad know him very well and I think he is a sound person from what they say. I would like these refereeing biopics to state which team they support, surely that is not asking too much?

Well you’ve been discussing him with a family that knows him so you tell us who he supports ;-)

 

[Grassland Blue]

Huge tactical battle imo, we cannot be on the losing side on this. Fear Pep might be happy with a draw if game is gonna be intense.

If Solskjaer knows our weaknesses and he is able to punish us through them, we deserve fuck all.

Who is the ref, I hope not fucking Oliver...

If it's a tactical battle, then who is the better manager, Pep or the bus driver?